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coffeesnob318Ah, the wonders of Aleve. They're so small and blue. But when you are clumsy and sprain your ankle by falling off your shoe (and my first thought was, "I hope my shoe's ok," making, "I hope my ankle isn't broken" only an afterthought), they are a huge Godsend. Happy.
I only discovered this after spending thirty minutes in tears yesterday afternoon, for no other reason than I was annoyed with myself for falling. That was odd. I guess I'm emotional these days.
I've been reading up a storm. I've finished two books so far this week. I started the first one a couple of weeks ago, and then stopped reading it when school started, but I finished it yesterday. And just now I finished the second. I might actually finish reading all those books I checked out before I have to return them.
Previously read:
1. The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
2. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
3. Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
4. Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen
5. Yeah, I said it by Wanda Sykes
6. Found in Translation by Kim Moor
7. My Point...and I do have one by Ellen DeGeneres
8. Why Girls are Weird by Pamela Ribon
9. Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith by Rob Bell
10. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
11. Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
12. The Velveteen Woman: Becoming Real Through God's Transforming Love by Brenda Waggoner
13. Down to the Dirt by Joel Hynes
14. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
15. Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller
16. The Irresistible Revolution: Living Life as an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne
17. Women’s Role in God’s Family: Beauty, order, protection, fullness, giftedness and fruitfulness for Jesus by some guy in some church (his name wasn't on the publication)
18. Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott
19. The Bird is a Raven by Benjamin Lebert
20. Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
And two new:
Let it Rain Coffee by Angie Cruz
What can I say? I was drawn to the title.
This is the story of a family who moves from the Dominican Republic to New York. She writes her characters in such a way that I didn’t have to like them to care what happens to them, because she made it easy to see how they affect other characters whom I did like. Surprisingly few authors do that relational characterization well. The book includes a lot of history about D.R. and Cuba and ideas of revolution and fair labor practices, so what was chosen for the title turned out to be something that was right up my alley.
All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland
The events in this book were intense. Absorbing the content was like watching Very Bad Things all over again, only in print. But there is an unapologetic, matter-of-fact tone to the book. Take the title. He uses the word "psychotic" as if it’s common place, which I suppose it is, in a way. So it was like Very Bad Things, but with hope.
My favorite you-can’t-get-mad-because-a-guy-said-it quote about men: "It’s not that they’re unable to care – it’s that it never crosses their minds to do so."
Hee! "Starbucks clone." It’s not their fault – the corporation brainwashes them.
Not that this has anything to do with the book itself, but it came with one of those green ribbons that is attached at the spine to be used for a bookmark. Quite handy. Not necessary, but nice. I don’t know why I mention it. It just seemed worth saying.
Much in the way that this book is definitely worth reading. I can’t pinpoint why; I just know that it is.
I only discovered this after spending thirty minutes in tears yesterday afternoon, for no other reason than I was annoyed with myself for falling. That was odd. I guess I'm emotional these days.
I've been reading up a storm. I've finished two books so far this week. I started the first one a couple of weeks ago, and then stopped reading it when school started, but I finished it yesterday. And just now I finished the second. I might actually finish reading all those books I checked out before I have to return them.
Previously read:
1. The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
2. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
3. Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
4. Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen
5. Yeah, I said it by Wanda Sykes
6. Found in Translation by Kim Moor
7. My Point...and I do have one by Ellen DeGeneres
8. Why Girls are Weird by Pamela Ribon
9. Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith by Rob Bell
10. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
11. Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
12. The Velveteen Woman: Becoming Real Through God's Transforming Love by Brenda Waggoner
13. Down to the Dirt by Joel Hynes
14. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
15. Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller
16. The Irresistible Revolution: Living Life as an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne
17. Women’s Role in God’s Family: Beauty, order, protection, fullness, giftedness and fruitfulness for Jesus by some guy in some church (his name wasn't on the publication)
18. Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott
19. The Bird is a Raven by Benjamin Lebert
20. Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
And two new:
Let it Rain Coffee by Angie Cruz
What can I say? I was drawn to the title.
This is the story of a family who moves from the Dominican Republic to New York. She writes her characters in such a way that I didn’t have to like them to care what happens to them, because she made it easy to see how they affect other characters whom I did like. Surprisingly few authors do that relational characterization well. The book includes a lot of history about D.R. and Cuba and ideas of revolution and fair labor practices, so what was chosen for the title turned out to be something that was right up my alley.
All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland
The events in this book were intense. Absorbing the content was like watching Very Bad Things all over again, only in print. But there is an unapologetic, matter-of-fact tone to the book. Take the title. He uses the word "psychotic" as if it’s common place, which I suppose it is, in a way. So it was like Very Bad Things, but with hope.
My favorite you-can’t-get-mad-because-a-guy-said-it quote about men: "It’s not that they’re unable to care – it’s that it never crosses their minds to do so."
Hee! "Starbucks clone." It’s not their fault – the corporation brainwashes them.
Not that this has anything to do with the book itself, but it came with one of those green ribbons that is attached at the spine to be used for a bookmark. Quite handy. Not necessary, but nice. I don’t know why I mention it. It just seemed worth saying.
Much in the way that this book is definitely worth reading. I can’t pinpoint why; I just know that it is.
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Date: 2006-09-14 05:49 pm (UTC)I love that! That is so true!!
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Date: 2006-09-15 05:44 am (UTC)